Senior Program Manager

Overview

Build Your Career at Canto – Where Innovation Meets Impact
. At Canto, we’re transforming digital asset management and fostering a workplace where talented individuals can thrive. As a leader in DAM, we empower businesses to organize, manage, and distribute their digital assets seamlessly. With 4,000+ customers worldwide, our success comes from passionate people who bring creativity, collaboration, and innovation. Joining Canto means becoming part of a dynamic team where your contributions truly matter.

We foster a culture of continuous learning, open communication, and hands-on impact. You’ll have the opportunity to take on exciting challenges, develop your skills, and grow alongside a company that’s making waves in the industry.

Job Title:
Sr . Program Manager

Company Overview:

Canto is reshaping the digital asset management (DAM) landscape. Our platform offers a singular source for brands to organize, access, and share digital assets, amplifying content value, accelerating production, and ensuring brand consistency. We provide data-driven insights and harness AI to help companies maximize their digital content. At Canto, we’re more than a DAM solution; we’re a catalyst for brand evolution.

It’s an exciting time to join. We have great people here and we are growing rapidly.

Role Overview:

As a Senior Program Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing complex, high-impact programs spanning multiple teams. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to ensure programs are well scoped, resourced, and executed to meet business objectives. This role requires proactive leadership and influence skills with technical acumen, organizational finesse, and a passion for operational excellence.

Role Responsibilities:

• Drive the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale programs across multiple teams.
• Translate business, product, and technical strategy into clear, executable program plans, roadmaps and milestones.
• Manage dependencies, timelines, and deliverables across cross-functional initiatives.

Stakeholder Management:

• Serve as the central point of contact for stakeholders, providing transparency into project status, risks, dependencies, decision points, and timelines.
• Foster alignment between Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, GTM, and Customer teams; proactively addressing misalignment and competing priorities.
• Advise stakeholders by framing options, implications, and recommendations to support timely, informed decision-making.

Delivery Governance:

• Contribute to the development of the Delivery function by shaping scalable delivery practices, frameworks, and operating sequences.
• Establish governance models that promote predictable delivery standards across programs.

Metrics and Reporting:

• Establish and track program KPIs to drive continuous improvement.
• Provide regular updates and insights to executive leadership and program sponsors regarding trends, risks, and opportunities, translating them into actionable recommendations.

Risk and Change Management:

• Identify program risks, develop mitigation plans, and ensure timely issue resolution.
• Lead change management efforts to support new processes and organizational transformations.

Qualifications and Experience

• 7+ years of experience in program or project management roles within technology-focused or professional services/consulting companies.
• Strong background in both Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile) and traditional Waterfall delivery environments.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple concurrent teams and complex technical initiatives.
• Hands-on involvement in establishing or scaling a Delivery function, including tooling and process standardization at organisation and program/project level.
• Experience defining and measuring delivery metrics to inform leadership and guide performance improvements.
• Proven ability to work closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams, facilitating alignment and successful outcomes.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills along with the ability to influence others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical background or strong understanding of software…